# 求救
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiújiù
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kau$^4$ gau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khiù-kiu
    (Hailu, HRS): kiu giu$^ˇ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiû-kiù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kiu$^5$ giu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiújiù
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cióujiòu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^2$-chiu$^4$
*** Yale: chyóu-jyòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyoujiow
*** Palladius: цюцзю (cjuczju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kau$^4$ gau$^3$
*** Yale: kàuh gau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kau$^4$ gau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: keo$^4$ geo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɐu̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiù-kiu
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiu$^ˇ$ giu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kiu$^2$ giu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u¹¹ ki̯u⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: kiu giu$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰiu⁵⁵ kiu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû-kiù
*** Tâi-lô: kiû-kiù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kiu'kiux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴⁻²² kiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³⁻²² kiu²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ kiu¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³⁻³³ kiu²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kiu$^5$ giu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiû kiù
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kiu²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: gjuw kjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 求 | 救 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 巨鳩切 | 居祐切 |
| Baxter | gjuw | kjuwH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨu/ | /kɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiu/ | /kiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəu/ | /kiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guw/ | /kuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiu/ | /kiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəu/ | /kĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ə̯u/ | /ki̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiú | jiù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kau$^4$ | gau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u s.k(r)u-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu kus/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 求 | 救 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qiú | jiù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjuw › | ‹ kjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ](r)u/ | /*s.k(r)u-s/ |
| English | seek | help, save |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 求 | 救 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 10560 | 10559 |
| Phonetic component | 求 | 求 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𧚍 | 救 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡu/ | /*kus/ |
| Notes | 說文作裘古文， 甲文爲蛷初文與裘大異 | |

### Verb

求救
* to ask somebody to come to the rescue; to cry for help

#### Derived terms

* 求救信號 / 求救信号 (qiújiù xìnhào)

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: cầu cứu (求救)